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A Collection of Newfoundland Wills(H)Richard Hennebury

Will of Richard Hennebury
from Newfoundland will books volume 2 page 560 probate year 1864

Source: Supreme Court of Newfoundland Volume 3, Folio 523

Page one is a copy of the folio slip that identifies the document

Estate of Richard Hennebury
late of St. John's
in the Central District
farmer deceased.

Adm.n (This word has a horizontal line through it and the word Probate
written above) to Joseph Russell Jr. (the words
Joseph Russell Jr has a horizontal line through it) & William
Grimstead of St. John's aforesaid one of the Exec's dated 5th day
of July 1865

Estate sworn under £100. Stg.

Some other words are written below and are undecipherable

Written at right angles and at the bottom left of the slip are the word

Xxtd P.R. Vol 3
Page 523

Second page of copy says the following:

Supreme Court
Newfoundland

To the HonourableSir Francis Brady Chief Justice and the Honourable
Philip F. Little and Bryane Robinson Assistant
Judges of the
Supreme Court of Newfoundland________________

The petition of Joseph Russell the Younger and William
Grimstead of St. John's - Yeomen -

Humbly showeth

That Richard Hennebury late of the White Hills in the
vicinity of St. John's aforesaid - farmer - died on the Twenty first day
of November last leaving a will which is hereunto annexed and that your
petitioners were appointed Executors under said will.

That said Richard Hennebury left three sons - namely
- Richard, Thomas Hennebury and John Hennebury and
Four daughters - namely Margaret Biddescomb, Jane Bastow - Mary
Page ?? - Lizzie (Balding??) and
that said Richard Hennebury died in possession of landed
property to the amount of One Hundred pounds Currency (£100 Cy) Your
Petitioners therefore pray your Lordships that probate may be granted to
them under said will. And as in duty bound they will each pray -

St. John's
Dec. 10th 1864
Signature of William Grimstead

Third page of copy says the following:

In the Name of God Amen
I Richard Hennebury of Saint Johns in the Island of Newfoundland
Farmer being weak of body but of perfect mind and memory and calling to mind
the mortality of my body that it is appointed unto all men once to die Do make
and ordain this my last will and Testament - That is to say First of all I
give and bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it and my
body I commend to the earth to be buried in decent christian burial not doubting
but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the Almighty
power of God.
My Worldly Estate I bequeath as follows namely
To my son Thomas Henneberry and my daughter Margaret Biddescomb in her own right I bequeath
all my Right-Title and Interest in and to my farm
and premises on the White Hills with all erections
thereon. Second I hereby cancel the Lease
by which the said farm and premises are held from
me by my son John Henneberry And last I
appoint Joseph Russell the younger and William
Grimstead to be my Executors
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and seal this ninth day of November and in the
year of our Lord one thousand Eight-hundred and sixty-four

There is a signature for Richard Henneberry and an X
for his mark.Left most part of this paragraph is cut off on the copy.

Xxxx Sealed pronounced and declared Richard
Hennebury his mark X the said Richard
Henneberry as his xxst (probably the word last) Will
and Testament in the xxxsence (probably the word presence) of
us the Subscribers

Nihs Thomas
Richd Brace.

Note: The wills in those will books are NOT actual wills. They are either hand-written copies or in later years typed copies of a, "last will and testament," written or typed by the court clerk, after the death of the testator, when the executor presented them to the court for probate. The court clerk didn't list the signatures at the bottom, he (or she) just put them in the book in whatever order they were in, on the original document, no spacing most of the time, no punctuation and also no paragraphs. The originals were kept by the executor.

We who have typed these wills, have made every effort to include all the errors that were on the microfilm, in order to avoid destroying the integrity of the originals, where ever they may be. However, in some of the very long wills, we have tried to insert paragraphs to make it easier for the researcher to read the document.

Contributed by Geoff Martin and also by Judy Benson as part of the wills
project

Page Revised by Ivy F. Benoit (Wednesday February 20, 2013)

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